Comment by soulofmischief
1 day ago
After Dual_EC_DRBG, there is no longer justification for any attitude towards the NSA other than suspicion and skepticism. Everything should be assumed a potential attack vector and thoroughly explored. I thank the community for carrying this torch for so many years.
NSA != NIST
Yes, and the NSA generated the seeds for NIST. This is public knowledge and is acknowledged in the article.
It has been the entire focus of the backdoor concerns since the curves were adopted over 20 years ago and is the motivation for the work behind this article.